The photographer of Penllergare

In its 19th-century heyday, when the bathing resort of Swansea and its
surrounding area had grown rich on the coal that powered Britain’s
industrialisation, Penllergare was renowned as a shining example of the
picturesque; its rolling lawns and thick forest, lakes, waterfall and rocky
outcrops embodied perfectly the Romantic idyll put forward by Ruskin and his
ilk. Its chief creator was John Dillwyn Llewelyn, a distinguished botanist,
member of the Linnean and Astronomical societies, and fellow of the Royal
Society while in his twenties. He even took a turn as High Sheriff of
Glamorgan. But our story concerns another of his pursuits – photography.